Acquisition

Most of his attention was focused on the sensation deep within the Cloud Sea. Only after confirming that the lingering sense of danger in his heart truly did not exist here did Lu Ren finally relax.

Beneath the Cloud Sea was not seawater. Though the air was somewhat viscous, it was, by and large, another world entirely. Mountains and rivers lay below, yet the terrain seemed to descend from lofty peaks in layer upon layer. Jagged strange rocks were everywhere, while ferocious beasts resembling schools of fish drifted freely through the air.

Farther away, enormous beastly monsters could vaguely be seen lurking in the darkness. Whenever they occasionally rolled their bodies, ripples of airflow visible to the naked eye would spread out.

In this viscous air, their movements seemed several degrees heavier. The aura they gave off made his heart tremble. Clearly, Heavenly Immortal-level ferocious beasts were roaming nearby.

Evidently, although the Yunluo District was relatively safe according to Huang Gong, and Heavenly Immortal-level ferocious beasts rarely swam upstream from the depths, it was not as though there were none at all.

At the very least, Lu Ren could see one tumbling about within his line of sight right now, and it made his eyes burn for quite a while.

"Brother Lu, I'm a few years older than you. Would you mind if I called you that?"

After confirming there was no danger, Huang Gong turned and asked Lu Ren with a genial smile.

Lu Ren came back to himself. "Senior Huang may call me whatever you wish."

Pointing at the vast gentle slope below, Huang Gong said, "That place below is a gently sloping region. There is an Ironwood Forest there, made up of trees resembling ironwood. They are as hard as refined iron, and they grow in enormous